Cooperative State University Baden-Württemberg (DHBW)

Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University is the first higher education institution in Germany to integrate academic studies with workplace training. Founded on March 1, 2009, DHBW traces its roots back to the Berufsakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg. Today the university continues to carry on the highly successful tradition of cooperative education. With approximately 34,000 students, about 9,000 corporate partner companies and social institutions and over 210,000 alumni, DHBW is the largest higher education institution in the German Federal State of Baden-Wuerttemberg. Throughout its 12 locations and campuses, DHBW offers a wide range of nationally and internationally accredited undergraduate study programmes in the field of business, engineering and social work. In addition, there is a great variety of postgraduate degree courses with an integrated on-the-job training as well as special programmes for non-degree seeking students. The core principle of the dual education at DHBW is the three-month rhythm, by which students switch between university and their workplace training provider aiming to offer both academic skills and work-related expertise.